William Overington Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 William j3rry and stokerg 2 Quote Until December 2022, using a Lenovo laptop running Windows 10 in England. From January 2023, using an HP laptop running Windows 11 in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 (edited) This evokes memories of Cadbury’s milk chocolate! Is it intended to do so? How did you create the swirl? It doesn’t look like something you could easily do in any of the Affinity apps. Edit: For those wondering, it might be worth mentioning that the background colour is PANTONE 17-3938 Very Peri. Edited December 10, 2021 by Alfred Added link Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 10 minutes ago, Alfred said: This evokes memories of Cadbury’s milk chocolate! That's what I thought - I think William has been subliminally influenced by Cadbury. Quote Ali 🙂 Hobby photographer. Running Affinity Suite V2 on Windows 11 17" HP Envy i7 (8th Gen) & Windows 11 MS Surface Go 3 alongside MS365 (Insider Beta Channel). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Overington Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 1 hour ago, Alfred said: This evokes memories of Cadbury’s milk chocolate! Is it intended to do so? No, it is a pastiche of a famous painting, this pastiche is called Very Peri Night if that helps you find the original famous work of art. 1 hour ago, Alfred said: How did you create the swirl? It doesn’t look like something you could easily do in any of the Affinity apps. I produced it using PagePlus X7 by drawing a Quickshape. PagePlus X7 has that Quickshape. I made the Quickshape with a border line, put a colourful filled rectangle behind it, filled the Quickshape with white, removed the line, then copied to the clipboard and pasted onto a filled rectangle that overlaps the edges of the Affinity Publisher canvas. William Quote Until December 2022, using a Lenovo laptop running Windows 10 in England. From January 2023, using an HP laptop running Windows 11 in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Overington Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 @Alfred@Ali Have you found the famous painting upon which the pastiche is based? It is in the following art museum. https://www.moma.org/ William Quote Until December 2022, using a Lenovo laptop running Windows 10 in England. From January 2023, using an HP laptop running Windows 11 in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 1 minute ago, William Overington said: Have you found the famous painting upon which thr pastiche is based? No - haven't even looked. Not top of my list of priorities, William. Quote Ali 🙂 Hobby photographer. Running Affinity Suite V2 on Windows 11 17" HP Envy i7 (8th Gen) & Windows 11 MS Surface Go 3 alongside MS365 (Insider Beta Channel). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Overington Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 Just now, Hens said: Also a nice song Yes. William Quote Until December 2022, using a Lenovo laptop running Windows 10 in England. From January 2023, using an HP laptop running Windows 11 in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Overington Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 4 minutes ago, Hens said: Which inspired another great song 😉 Oh, a second song. I was not aware of that. Off to have a search then. William Quote Until December 2022, using a Lenovo laptop running Windows 10 in England. From January 2023, using an HP laptop running Windows 11 in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 12 minutes ago, Hens said: The performer of the first song inspired the writer of the lyrics of the second song. Spoiler alert! https://youtu.be/cTyGLBANuOg Patrick Connor 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Bring on the empty chairs! Patrick Connor 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Overington Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 15 minutes ago, Alfred said: Spoiler alert! https://youtu.be/cTyGLBANuOg That is the second song. William Quote Until December 2022, using a Lenovo laptop running Windows 10 in England. From January 2023, using an HP laptop running Windows 11 in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Overington Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 13 minutes ago, Alfred said: Bring on the empty chairs! Yes ... but that is not the song that relates to the original painting. William Quote Until December 2022, using a Lenovo laptop running Windows 10 in England. From January 2023, using an HP laptop running Windows 11 in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 4 minutes ago, William Overington said: That is the second song. It would seem that you found it. You presumably know, then, that @Hens slightly misspoke when saying 48 minutes ago, Hens said: Also a nice song 45 minutes ago, Hens said: Which inspired another great song 😉 As @Hens subsequently stated: 42 minutes ago, Hens said: The performer of the first song inspired the writer of the lyrics of the second song. In other words it was the performer of the first song, rather than the song itself, that inspired the lyricist. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Overington Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 Are you aware of the original song about the painting? William Quote Until December 2022, using a Lenovo laptop running Windows 10 in England. From January 2023, using an HP laptop running Windows 11 in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 2 hours ago, Alfred said: How did you create the swirl? It doesn’t look like something you could easily do in any of the Affinity apps. 1 hour ago, William Overington said: I produced it using PagePlus X7 by drawing a Quickshape. PagePlus X7 has that Quickshape. It would be good if the Affinity apps had something similar. Perhaps you could export the shape to SVG so that Affinity users would have a vector version to work with (instead of just a PNG image). 1 hour ago, William Overington said: I made the Quickshape with a border line, put a colourful filled rectangle behind it, filled the Quickshape with white, removed the line, then copied to the clipboard Did the border line initially help in some way, William, or was it simply that you didn’t think about it at the time and then removed it when you saw that it wasn’t needed? Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Overington Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 11 minutes ago, Alfred said: It would be good if the Affinity apps had something similar. Perhaps you could export the shape to SVG so that Affinity users would have a vector version to work with (instead of just a PNG image). Please find attached an svg of the white-filled wider-than-high spiral that I generated in PagePlus X7 for the picture. Please say if something different is wanted as well. 11 minutes ago, Alfred said: Did the border line initially help in some way, William, or was it simply that you didn’t think about it at the time and then removed it when you saw that it wasn’t needed? I needed the line because otherwise I would not be aware of whether the spiral was being drawn. I needed to use one of the Quickshape adjustment handles to reduce the swirliness. William white_spiral.svg Alfred 1 Quote Until December 2022, using a Lenovo laptop running Windows 10 in England. From January 2023, using an HP laptop running Windows 11 in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Overington Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 I have just tested the svg and it came out rather larger. Rather splendid. William Quote Until December 2022, using a Lenovo laptop running Windows 10 in England. From January 2023, using an HP laptop running Windows 11 in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 5 minutes ago, William Overington said: Please find attached an svg of the white-filled wider-than-high spiral that I generated in PagePlus X7 for the picture. Please say if something different is wanted as well. Thank you. I hadn’t expected such a huge number of nodes, but I suppose I should have! If you convert it to curves in PagePlus or DrawPlus, does it simplify satisfactorily? 8 minutes ago, William Overington said: I needed the line because otherwise I would not be aware of whether the spiral was being drawn. I needed to use one of the Quickshape adjustment handles to reduce the swirliness. Looking back at my quote from the post where you described what you did, I see that you made the white QuickShape first and then put a colourful filled rectangle behind it. You wouldn’t have needed the line, of course, if you had drawn the rectangle first and then put the white QS on top. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Overington Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 William Quote Until December 2022, using a Lenovo laptop running Windows 10 in England. From January 2023, using an HP laptop running Windows 11 in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Quote !81812345679 Much too cryptic for me, I’m afraid! I can see that it’s a multiple of nine, but that doesn’t really get me anywhere. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Overington Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 Possibly. Quote Until December 2022, using a Lenovo laptop running Windows 10 in England. From January 2023, using an HP laptop running Windows 11 in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Overington Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 C'est possible. Quote Until December 2022, using a Lenovo laptop running Windows 10 in England. From January 2023, using an HP laptop running Windows 11 in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Overington Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 Clue to what the !81812345679 is about William Quote Until December 2022, using a Lenovo laptop running Windows 10 in England. From January 2023, using an HP laptop running Windows 11 in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted December 10, 2021 Staff Share Posted December 10, 2021 2 hours ago, William Overington said: Have you found the famous painting upon which the pastiche is based? I think I have https://www.moma.org/collection/works/416213 with it's Don Mclean song Quote Empty rooms that echo as I climb the stairs And empty clothes that drape and fall on empty chair All feels kinda circular Seriously though the Lori Lieberman was stunning and a real tonic to see Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted December 10, 2021 Staff Share Posted December 10, 2021 1 hour ago, Alfred said: Bring on the empty chairs! Oh I see I have been beaten to the punch-line. I get that now Alfred 1 Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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